Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi
| Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi | |
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Hashemi in 2017
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| Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
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Assumed office 15 August 2013 |
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| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Hassan Tarighat Monfared |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi March 21, 1959 Fariman, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Leyli Kouchakzadeh |
| Children | Fatemeh Maryam Alireza |
| Relatives |
Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi (cousin) Ehsan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (cousin) |
| Alma mater |
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
| Occupation | Associate professor |
| Profession | Ophthalmologist |
| Cabinet | Rouhani Cabinet |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Iran
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| Service/branch | Jahad-e Sazandegi |
| Years of service | 1980–1984 |
| Unit | Combat engineering |
| Battles/wars | |
Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Persian: سید حسن قاضیزاده هاشمی; born 21 March 1959) is an Iranian ophthalmologist and associate professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who is currently serving as the Minister of Health and Medical Education in the administration of President Hassan Rouhani.
He has previously served as advisor to former minister Mohammad Farhadi from 1997 to 2001 and Chancellor of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine.
Ghazizadeh Hashemi is known as the designer of "Health evolution plan" (Persian: طرح تحول سلامت), also called “Rouhani-Care”, a plan designed to reform Iran's Healthcare system by "granting the public fair access to healthcare, enhance equity, cover health costs and promote the quality of healthcare services that people receive".
Hashemi is also head of Noor Ophthalmology Complex, which he founded in 1993 and a co-founder of "Nooravaran Salamat Charity Foundation" (Persian: بنیاد خیریه نورآوران سلامت), a philanthropic NGO which provides free healthcare and surgeries to people in deprived parts of Iran via mobile clinics.
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